Food and nutrition
Lindsey Cogan
she/her/hers
Kitchen Aide
lindsey.cogan@pcc.edu
Education
- Culinary Assistant Certificate, Portland Community College
A little about me
Hi! I’m Lindsey.? I’m the afternoon Kitchen Aide at the CDC. I worked here? for a year and a half before the pandemic closed the school for 2 years.? It is so nice to finally be back.
I received my Culinary Assistant Certificate from PCC in December of 2018.? While I was in the Culinary Assistant Program, I spent the last 3 months of my internship at the CDC.? I liked working with everyone so much that I applied to work here and was hired after I finished my program.
I was born in Honolulu.? Swimming was one of my favorite activities from the time I was a toddler. I moved to Chicago when I was 11 years old and after I graduated from high school I went to school on Cape Cod, Massachusetts for 3 years. In high school and at Cape Cod Community College I studied Early Childhood Education.? I then returned to Chicago and attended the PACE Program at National Louis University. My first internship in the PACE Program was in a preschool.? Then I worked at several hospitals, at a pet shop, and at a doggy day care.
I moved to Portland four and a half years ago with my mom.? We wanted to move here because my two older sisters had settled here.? We had visited Portland a number of times and loved it.? In my spare time I like to walk around my neighborhood in northeast Portland, checking out all the coffee shops, restaurants, and the Free Little Book Libraries.? I love to watch lots of different kinds of movies including the Hallmark Channel movies.? I also read a lot and I enjoy spending time with my sisters.